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Originally Posted by Nathans_Dad
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2007/07/sex-ed-for-kind.html
Sex Ed for Kindergarteners 'Right Thing to Do,' Says Obama
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July 18, 2007 1:13 PM
ABC News' Teddy Davis and Lindsey Ellerson Report: Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., told Planned Parenthood Tuesday that sex education for kindergarteners, as long as it is "age-appropriate," is "the right thing to do."
"I remember Alan Keyes . . . I remember him using this in his campaign against me," Obama said in reference to the conservative firebrand who ran against him for the U.S. Senate in 2004. Sex education for kindergarteners had become an issue in his race against Keyes because of Obama’s work on the issue as chairman of the health committee in the Illinois state Senate.
"'Barack Obama supports teaching sex education to kindergarteners,'" said Obama mimicking Keyes' distinctive style of speech. "Which -- I didn’t know what to tell him (laughter)."
"But it’s the right thing to do," Obama continued, "to provide age-appropriate sex education, science-based sex education in schools."
Ah yes, such lies coming from the McCain campaign!!! Lies, lies, lies!!!
Ridiculous. 
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You say ridiculous only because you are reading what you want to read, not what is actually out there. You want to believe McCain’s ad, you want to believe that Obama supports teaching full sex education to kindergarners. You want to have a reason to hate Obama.
You missed this quote from the very article you referenced above.
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When Obama's campaign was asked by ABC News to explain what kind of sex education Obama considers "age appropriate" for kindergarteners, the Obama campaign pointed to an Oct. 6, 2004 story from the Daily Herald in which Obama had "moved to clarify" in his Senate campaign that he "does not support teaching explicit sex education to children in kindergarten. . . The legislation in question was a state Senate measure last year that aimed to update Illinois' sex education standards with 'medically accurate' information . . . 'Nobody's suggesting that kindergartners are going to be getting information about sex in the way that we think about it,' Obama said. 'If they ask a teacher 'where do babies come from,' that providing information that the fact is that it's not a stork is probably not an unhealthy thing. Although again, that's going to be determined on a case by case basis by local communities and local school boards.'"
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By omitting this, you have presented (like McCain has) a very distorted view of the facts. You have entirely misrepresented Obama’s position. You have warped the truth to make it seem like he is “suggesting that kindergartners are going to be getting information about sex in the way that we think about it” when in fact his quote is just the opposite:
'Nobody's suggesting that kindergartners are going to be getting information about sex in the way that we think about it,' Obama said.